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From YouTube: Where's Brian?
Description
On this episode, we go to a place that has been serving the public from the same location since 1904. Do you know where Brian is?
A
On
today's
episode
of
where's
Brian
we're
at
it
to
a
place,
that's
been
surfing
the
public
from
the
same
location
since
1904.
However,
it
recently
relocated
for
18
months
before
moving
back
to
its
current
location.
Do
you
know
where
I
am
today,
I'm
brian
phillips?
On
most
days,
I
work
in
an
office
for
the
aim
city
manager,
since
starting
here,
I've
learned
a
lot
about
the
different
job
city.
Employees
have
many
of
them.
A
The
Ames
public
libraries
515
douglas
avenue
location
was
closed
for
18
months,
while
the
library
underwent
expansion
and
renewal
originally
48,000
square
feet.
The
building
is
now
77,000
square
feet
and
houses.
Some
new
features
to
serve
the
public
today,
we'll
see
how
the
books
go
from
your
home
back
to
the
shelf
for
checkout
hi
Tracy.
A
I'm
excited
too
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
your
role
here
at
the
library
I'm.
B
The
customer
accounts
manager,
and
so
my
job
is
really
overseeing
library
accounts.
So
when
you
check
out
when
you
check
in
and
everything
in
between
getting
people's
accounts,
renewed
making
sure
that
everything
is
working
right,
making
sure
that
we
have
updated
information
and
then
we
touch
base
with
people
if
there's
any
kind
of
problems
with
their
accounts,
that's
that's
my
job.
It's
more
complicated
than
it
sounds
method.
We
help
people
with
all
other
self-service
things
so
when
they
come
to
pick
up
their
holds
or
get
things
from
the
meaty
boxer
check
out
of
self
checks.
A
B
B
If
we
didn't
have
that
before
in
our
temporary
space,
and
we
would
have
up
to
four
people
checking
things
in
okay,
we
would
touch
things
sometimes
four
and
five
and
six
times
before
they
hit
the
shelf,
and
all
of
that
is
a
delay
the
longer
the
more
times
that
we
have
to
interact
with
an
item
the
longer
it
takes
to
get
back
out
to
our
customers,
which
is
an
article
and
so
with
the
automated
materials
handling
system.
It
checks
them
in
as
they
come
in
the
book
drop
it
sorts
them.
B
So
then,
we
are
getting
things
back
on
the
shelf
the
same
day,
sometimes
within
a
few
hours
of
it
being
returned,
and
so
we're
only
touching
things
when
there's
a
problem
with
the
item
when
it's
missing
a
piece
or
it's
damaged,
instead
of
touching
them
constantly,
and
it
allows
our
staff
to
be
out
in
the
public
helping
people
on
helping
people
to
find
what
they're
looking
for,
which
is
really
are.
That's
where
we
like
to
be.
Do
you
want
to
do
people
so.
A
B
Our
circulation
is
1.4
million
annually,
okay,
and
we
usually
check
I'm
in
and
out
two
three
thousand
items
a
day
our
holds
has
been
is
pretty
unusual
for
a
library
of
our
size.
We
check
in
about
400
holds
a
day
for
our
customers
and
that's
been
a
pretty
amazing
amount
of
getting
things
out
for
people
right
away.
That
they're
looking
for
to
kind
of
put
that
in
perspective,
so
to
three
thousand
items
on
a
regular
day,
the
first
five
days
that
we
were
open
after
we
were
posed
for
a
month.
B
A
A
B
Than
have
them
set
in
the
back
room?
Well,
we've
done
a
lot
of
process
changes
in
the
last
couple
of
years
in
order
to
get
them
out
faster.
We
used
to
have
huge,
two-sided
carts
that
would
take
an
hour
and
a
half
to
show
up
everything
on
it
and
now
we're
getting
people
in
and
out
with
20
minutes,
half
an
hour
shelving,
so
lots
and
lots
of
changes
to
make
sure
that
we
get
things
where
people
are
so.
B
We're
gonna:
have
you
walk
through
how
a
book
comes
into
the
library
and
how
it
gets
back
onto
the
shelf?
So
we'll
walk
you
through
the
automated
materials
handling
system,
how
we
get
things
through
there
and
then
also
just
how
we
get
things
shelved
and
a
little
bit
about
our
shelving
system.
Excellent.
A
C
So
if
you're
returning
an
item
and
you
come
and
you
drop
it
off
into
our
alley
drop
and
to
return,
it
there's
only
going
to
be
one
slot
there
for
returns,
and
you
can
put
media
items
and
books
in
there.
We
do
prefer
you
not
to
put
big
items
like
puppets
or
puzzles.
We
prefer
those
to
be
brought
into
the
desk
book
drop,
but
when
it
comes
in
that
drop,
it's
going
to
go
into
our
automated
handling
system
and
it's
going
to
it's
going
to
go
along
the
conveyor
belt.
C
So
it's
actually
kind
of
like
the
luggage
conveyor
belts
that
you
see
in
the
airport.
It
goes
along
that
belt
and
there's
four
different
check-in
points
for
items
that
are
on
that
belt,
and
so
it
goes
through
there
and
then
the
Machine
sorts
out
the
items
that
you
return
and
it
sorts
them
into
different
bins
until
it
the
when
it
goes
through
the
last
checkpoint.
C
C
Go
to
that
drop
in
person
bring
that
bin
roll,
that
bin
all
the
way
through
the
library
back
to
the
check-in
area,
and
then
we
had
to
handle
those
items,
get
them
onto
the
counter
and
then
checked
in
and
back
onto
the
carts.
So
basically,
we've
narrowed
down
our
touches
where
we
used
to
touch
items
seven
to
nine
times
now,
we're
only
touching
them
two
times
well,.
A
C
B
C
A
C
C
Here
you
can
just
look
at
the
spine
label
here.
Ok,.
A
C
A
C
Have
a
set
up
so
that
it's
for
the
level
of
reader
who
is
reading
and
that
way
they
can
find
quickly
what
they
like
to
read
a
lot
of
times
when
you're
younger
you're
going
to
be
looking
for
a
certain
subject,
and
it
makes
it
easier
if
you
can
see
the
pictures
on
the
books
when
you're
browsing
through
there.
Okay.
A
A
C
C
A
A
A
C
Is
it's
a
very
similar
process?
We
do
have
some
different
collections
up
there
as
you
go
up,
the
stairs
you'll
see
like
the
new
books
and
then
there
will
be
dvds
there
for
the
Dalton.
You
have
the
nonfiction
in
the
fiction
section
and
then
there's
also
a
magazine
area.
So
it's
very
similar.
We
have
some
different
collections
up
there,
but
it's
easy
to
shelve
up
there
as
well.